Zambian police raid home of opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema
Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema says he is being held by police following an overnight raid on his home. Hichilema’s United Party for National Development (UPND) said on its Facebook account that police fired teargas as they surrounded his home in Lusaka, the capital. Yields on the country’s dollar debt rose. "My lips are swollen, my eyes are swollen, my skin is itching," Hichilema said by phone from Lusaka. He said he hid in a safe room in his house before police flooded it with gas that he could not identify to force him out. Hichilema has refused to recognise President Edgar Lungu as the leader of Africa’s second-biggest copper producer after a closely fought election in August. The opposition party challenged the outcome in the constitutional court, but the petition was not heard after the time given for the case lapsed. Hichilema was arrested in October for unlawful assembly. Police opened an inquiry into Hichilema and Mwamba following allegations they obstructed L...
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